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The People vs Trump’s Police State

Trump police state claims are examined through ICE shootings, federal enforcement, and growing concerns over civil liberties

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July 16, 2026
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On Monday, July 13, Joan Sebastian Guerrero — a 26-year-old from Colombia with a wife and 3-year-old daughter — was killed by an ICE agent in Biddeford, Maine. Guerrero was authorized to work in the United States and had been issued a Social Security number, according to the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition.

Less than a week earlier, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — a 52-year-old Mexican immigrant who had lived in Houston for 35 years, running a small business — was killed when driving to work with three other men. Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement began following him and shot him after they said he failed to stop his vehicle.

We may never know exactly what happened to Guerrero or Araujo because, as with Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, ICE’s accounts of both killings have been contradicted by eyewitnesses. ICE says the victims “weaponized” their vehicles — the same excuse they used to murder Renee Good. In none of the cases were agents using body cameras.

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Trump is turning America into a police state. His forces are ICE and Border Patrol, the National Guard and the U.S. Army, and the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI. Here’s a quick summary:

1. ICE and Border Patrol (Department of Homeland Security)

From early 2025 through mid-2026, federal immigration agents have fired on more than 20 people, many of whom were shot in their vehicles. At least seven of these people died. In some cases, video evidence has undermined the accounts initially provided by federal officials.

Over the same period of time, more than 50 people have died in ICE custody, often because authorities refused to treat acute medical conditions.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department is bringing charges of “domestic terrorism” against Americans who have protested against ICE.

Eight people were recently convicted in Texas of “domestic terrorism” following an incident last year in which a police officer was shot during an anti-ICE protest outside the Prairieland Detention Center. A ninth defendant in that case, Ines Soto, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for “providing material support to terrorists” because he had transported political pamphlets in his car; his wife, Elizabeth Soto, was also sentenced to 50 years. Seven others convicted at trial received sentences ranging from 30 years to 100 years in prison for Benjamin Song, a former Marine reservist convicted of attempted murder.

2. National Guard and federal troops (Department of Defense)

ICE isn’t the only federal police force killing Americans. Authorities in Memphis are investigating the second fatal shooting in four days of a city resident by federal agents sent there to deal with crime and drug enforcement. Two days earlier, two National Guard members killed Tyrin Johnson, 20. At least two other people have been killed by federal agents in Memphis over the last two months.

Trump established the federal task force on crime by executive order last year, sending federal troops and law enforcement agents to Democratic-run cities that he claimed were overrun with crime. All four of the Memphis deaths have occurred in the last two months.

Federal agents and National Guard troops remain in Memphis and in Washington, D.C. On Friday, a Pentagon official said the National Guard will remain activated in Washington through Inauguration Day 2029 “until law and order are fully restored in our Nation’s Capital.”

3. The FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (Department of Justice)

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that one of the shootings in Memphis was done by an agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA, part of the Department of Justice, is targeting drug trafficking in many U.S. cities.

The FBI, also part of the Justice Department, is doing drug raids in U.S. cities. Its recent efforts include “Operation Hard Ball” this July in Los Angeles and Sacramento; “Rancho San Pedro Takedown,” also this July, involving federal agents in Los Angeles; “Operation Powder Island” this July, supposedly targeting a Georgia-based network that extends to Atlanta, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Dallas, and Buffalo; and “Minneapolis Gang Takedowns” in June and July, against Minneapolis street gangs.

4. Trump’s Police State: Blurring the lines

The Trump regime has blurred the lines between federal immigration enforcement, federal crackdowns on crime, and federal enforcement of drug laws. Trump has often — baselessly — equated immigrants with violent criminals, and violent criminals with drug smuggling.

This was Trump’s message last October when he told American troops that he would send “more than the National Guard” into cities. “We have cities that are troubled, we can’t have cities that are troubled. And we’re sending in our National Guard, and if we need more than the National Guard, we’ll send more than the National Guard, because we’re going to have safe cities … . We’re not going to have people killed in our cities. And whether people like that or not, that’s what we’re doing.”

In the same speech, Trump defended U.S. military strikes against small vessels from South America suspected of smuggling drugs. So far, U.S. military strikes on such vessels have killed more than 210 people, without evidence they’re involved in drug smuggling.

Some of these activities may be legitimate. What’s troubling is the size and scope of Trump’s federal police state — now involving ICE and Border Patrol from the Department of Homeland Security; the National Guard and the U.S. Army from the Department of Defense; and the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and federal prosecutors from the Justice Department.

We have no way of knowing what training these forces have received to deal with civilian populations inside the United States, who is deploying them and what criteria are being used to select places for their deployment, what controls and limits have been placed on them, and whether any of them will be deployed at polling places on November 3.

It is time we got some answers. The United States has never before had a federal police force.

5. The People Respond

Many communities across the nation are organizing in response. In Minneapolis: Memphis; Washington, D.C.; Houston; Los Angeles; Chicago; Atlanta; Portland, Maine; and elsewhere, people are mobilizing to protect one another.

They are also preparing for the midterm elections. They are determined not to be intimidated. Nor will they be goaded into violence.

Adam Serwer’s words from his Atlantic article published on January 26, just days after Alex Pretti’s murder, bear repeating. They’re relevant beyond Minneapolis.

“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it.

Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about ‘Western civilization,’ while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

No matter how many more armed men Trump sends to impose his will on the people of Minnesota, all he can do is accentuate their valor. No application of armed violence can make the men with guns as heroic as the people who choose to stand in their path with empty hands in defense of their neighbors. These agents, and the president who sent them, are no one’s heroes, no one’s saviors — just men with guns who have to hide their faces to shoot a mom in the face, and a nurse in the back.”

Opinions in this column are not necessarily those of the Publisher or Editor Do you have a contrary opinion? Write us at info@elcentralmedia.com

El Pueblo vs. El Estado Policial de Trump

El lunes 13 de julio, Joan Sebastian Guerrero — un joven de 26 años de Colombia con esposa e hija de 3 años — fue asesinado por un agente de ICE en Biddeford, Maine. Guerrero estaba autorizado para trabajar en Estados Unidos y le había sido expedido un número de Seguro Social, de acuerdo a la Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition.

Menos de una semana antes, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — un inmigrante mexicano de 52 años que había vivido en Houston por 35 años, trabajando su propio negocio — fue asesinado mientras manejaba al trabajo junto con otros tres hombres. Agentes de Aduanas e Inmigración comenzaron a seguirlo y le dispararon después de que dijeron que él se negó a detener su vehículo.

Nunca sabremos exactamente qué pasó con Guerrero o Araujo porque, como sucedió con Renee Good y Alex Pretti en Minneapolis, los relatos de ICE sobre ambos asesinatos han sido contradichos por testigos oculares. ICE dice que las víctimas “utilizaron como armas” sus vehículos — la misma excusa que usaron para asesinar a Renee Good. En ninguno de estos casos los agentes llevaban cámaras de vigilancia.

Trump está convirtiendo a América en un Estado Policial. Sus fuerzas son ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza, la Guardia Nacional y el Ejército de Estados Unidos, y la Administración para el Control de Drogas y el FBI. Aquí hay un resumen rápido:

1. ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza (Departamento de Seguridad Nacional)

Desde principios de 2025 hasta mediados de 2026, agentes federales de inmigración han disparado contra más de 20 personas, muchas de ellas fueron disparadas en sus vehículos. Al menos siete de estas personas murieron. En algunos casos, la evidencia en video ha contradictado los relatos que inicialmente proporcionaron los funcionarios federales.

Durante este mismo período, más de 50 personas han muerto bajo custodia de ICE, frecuentemente porque las autoridades se negaron a atender condiciones médicas graves.

Mientras tanto, el Departamento de Justicia está presentando cargos de “terrorismo doméstico” contra ciudadanos americanos que han protestado en contra de ICE.

Ocho personas fueron recientemente condenadas en Texas por “terrorismo doméstico” después de un incidente el año pasado en el cual un oficial de policía fue disparado durante una protesta en contra de ICE fuera del Prairieland Detention Center. Un noveno acusado en ese caso, Ines Soto, fue sentenciado a 50 años de prisión por “proveer apoyo material a terroristas” porque transportó panfletos políticos en su carro; su esposa, Elizabeth Soto, también fue sentenciada a 50 años. Siete otros condenados en juicio recibieron sentencias que van desde 30 años hasta 100 años de prisión para Benjamin Song, un exreservista de la Marina condenado por intento de asesinato.

2. Guardia Nacional y tropas federales (Departamento de Defensa)

ICE no es la única fuerza policial federal matando estadounidenses. Las autoridades en Memphis están investigando el segundo asesinato en cuatro días de un residente de la ciudad por agentes federales enviados para lidiar con la criminalidad y la aplicación de las leyes sobre drogas. Dos días antes, dos miembros de la Guardia Nacional mataron a Tyrin Johnson, de 20 años. Al menos dos personas más han sido asesinadas por agentes federales en Memphis en los últimos dos meses.

Trump estableció la fuerza de trabajo federal sobre crimen por orden ejecutiva el año pasado, enviando tropas federales y agentes de aplicación de la ley a ciudades gobernadas por demócratas que él afirmaba estaban infestadas de crimen. Los cuatro asesinatos en Memphis han ocurrido en los últimos dos meses.

Agentes federales y tropas de la Guardia Nacional permanecen en Memphis y en Washington, D.C. El viernes, un oficial del Pentagon dijo que la Guardia Nacional permanecerá activada en Washington hasta Inauguration Day 2029 “hasta que la ley y el orden sean completamente restaurados en la Capital de Nuestra Nación”.

3. El FBI y la Administración para el Control de Drogas (Departamento de Justicia)

El Tennessee Bureau of Investigation dijo que uno de los asesinatos en Memphis fue cometido por un agente de la Administración para el Control de Drogas. La DEA, parte del Departamento de Justicia, está apuntando al tráfico de drogas en muchas ciudades estadounidenses.

El FBI, también parte del Departamento de Justicia, está realizando redadas de drogas en ciudades estadounidenses. Sus esfuerzos recientes incluyen “Operation Hard Ball” este julio en Los Angeles y Sacramento; “Rancho San Pedro Takedown,” también este julio, involucrando agentes federales en Los Angeles; “Operation Powder Island” este julio, aparentemente apuntando a una red con base en Georgia que se extiende a Atlanta, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Dallas, y Buffalo; y “Minneapolis Gang Takedowns” en junio y julio, en contra de pandillas de las calles de Minneapolis.

4. El Estado Policial de Trump: Borrando las líneas

El régimen de Trump ha borrado las líneas entre la aplicación de la ley federal de inmigración, los esfuerzos federales para detener la criminalidad, y la aplicación federal de las leyes sobre drogas. Trump frecuentemente — sin base alguna — ha equiparado a los inmigrantes con criminales violentos, y a criminales violentos con tráfico de drogas.

Este fue el mensaje de Trump hace octubre cuando le dijo a las tropas estadounidenses que enviaría “más que la Guardia Nacional” a las ciudades. “Tenemos ciudades que tienen problemas, no podemos tener ciudades que tienen problemas. Y estamos enviando nuestra Guardia Nacional, y si necesitamos más que la Guardia Nacional, enviaremos más que la Guardia Nacional, porque vamos a tener ciudades seguras… No vamos a permitir que la gente sea asesinada en nuestras ciudades. Y ya sea que a la gente le guste eso o no, eso es lo que vamos a hacer.”

En el mismo discurso, Trump defendió los ataques militares estadounidenses contra pequeños barcos de América del Sur sospechosos de contrabando de drogas. Hasta ahora, los ataques militares estadounidenses contra tales barcos han matado a más de 210 personas, sin evidencia de que estén involucradas en tráfico de drogas.

Algunas de estas actividades pueden ser legítimas. Lo que es inquietante es el tamaño y alcance del Estado Policial federal de Trump — ahora involucrando a ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional; la Guardia Nacional y el Ejército de Estados Unidos del Departamento de Defensa; y el FBI, la Administración para el Control de Drogas, y fiscales federales del Departamento de Justicia.

No tenemos manera de saber qué entrenamiento han recibido estas fuerzas para lidiar con poblaciones civiles dentro de Estados Unidos, quién las está desplegando y qué criterios están siendo usados para seleccionar lugares para su despliegue, qué controles y límites han sido puestos sobre ellos, y si alguno de ellos será desplegado en lugares de votación el 3 de noviembre.

Es tiempo de que obtengamos algunas respuestas. Estados Unidos nunca antes ha tenido una fuerza policial federal.

5. La Gente Responde

Muchas comunidades en toda la nación se están organizando en respuesta. En Minneapolis; Memphis; Washington, D.C.; Houston; Los Angeles; Chicago; Atlanta; Portland, Maine; y en otros lugares, la gente se está movilizando para protegerse mutuamente.

También se están preparando para las elecciones de mitad de período. Están decididos a no ser intimidados. Tampoco serán provocados hacia la violencia.

Las palabras de Adam Serwer de su artículo en The Atlantic publicado el 26 de enero, apenas días después del asesinato de Alex Pretti, merecen ser repetidas. Son relevantes más allá de Minneapolis.

“El miedo secreto de los moralmente depravados es que la virtud es en realidad común, y que son ellos quienes están solos. En Minnesota, todos los pilares ideológicos de MAGA han sido probados falsos de una sola vez. Los Minnesotanos, no los matones armados de ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza, son valientes. Los Minnesotanos han demostrado que su comunidad es socialmente cohesiva — porque su diversidad y no a pesar de ella.

Los Minnesotanos han encontrado y amado los unos a los otros en un mundo atomizado por las redes sociales, donde hombres vacíos han tratado de llenar sus almas solitarias con mentiras sobre su propia superioridad inherente. Los Minnesotanos han preservado todo lo que vale la pena de la ‘civilización occidental,’ mientras que matones armados tratan de derribarla por la fuerza.

No importa cuántos más hombres armados envíe Trump para imponer su voluntad sobre la gente de Minnesota, todo lo que puede hacer es acentuar su valentía. Ninguna aplicación de violencia armada puede hacer que los hombres con armas sean tan heroicos como la gente que elige estar en su camino con las manos vacías en defensa de sus vecinos. Estos agentes, y el presidente que los envió, no son héroes de nadie, no son salvadores de nadie — solo hombres con armas que tienen que esconder sus caras para dispararle a una mamá en la cara, y a una enfermera en la espalda.”

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